Riding high on One Nation's popularity in the polls, Barnaby Joyce has fronted an anti-abortion rally with a fiery warning to politicians from mainstream parties.
He argued his pro-life stance was one of conviction rather than of political opportunism, drawing massive cheers from a crowd of about 2000 people outside the NSW parliament on a chilly Sydney evening.
"Politically, does this make you popular? No, you'd probably lose half your votes every time you do it. But you know why you do it because that's the right thing to do," he said.
Mr Joyce, who left the Nationals in late 2025, argued that galvanising support around the pro-life cause could change the political landscape.
One Nation has leapfrogged Labor to become the political party with the highest primary vote, according to the latest Redbridge poll.
